Whoa, so much hatred for the Red Sniper. The guy is motherfuckin badass. Hwasin all the way. I'll settle for Guemchi, as long as the zergs die gracefully.
On October 30 2009 17:53 Presony-Boy wrote: Red Sniper fighting! i really hope hwasin wont cheese or play mech (assuming luxury beats guemchi), i wanna see bio.
No he will cheese. Don't worry about it.
I expect proxy 8rax into mech both games. Maybe just flat out BBS with all in SCVs.
If Hwasin plays a macro game against Lux I will be very surprised. I am being somewhat sarcastic btw guys . I don't really hate Hwasin that much
I hope Lux beats Guemchi so we can see Hwasin's sexy bio TvZ. His MnM micro is next to none, especially vs lurkers. And Hwasin always qualifies for Starleagues, so you'd better LB for him!
Luxury if you lose I will cry. But you can lose if you eliminate Flash later in the tournament and then don't win the OSL. Hopefully you can see into the future. Good luck!
Yawn, game starts. Guemchi the baller spawns in purple down in the lower right, the other guy Park Chan Soo spawns in upper right in an ugly orange color. Looks like the cheesy motherfucker's 5 pooled.
scouted immediatly by Guemchi. this is going to be bad, wait no pylon placed at main for Guemchi, he might not be able to block this. oh he pulls probes.
Cannon going up for Guemchi, lings incoming. No second cannon, but a gateway instead. Motherfucker puls probes. What a baller. Lings pew pewing. Three get in.
Guemchi using the mineral line to filter the zerglings. Corsair out for Guemchi and its flying around hunting overlords. Zealots in his natural doing quite a bit of damage.
Dark Templars running across the map. One of Guemchi's corsairs gets taken out by a scourge while hunting overlords.
Lux attacks Guemchi's base but the hydralisks melt to storms. Dark templars in his base killing lots of shit and he can't do anything because he has no units.
On October 30 2009 18:51 Itachii wrote: Is this the same Luxury from PL?
The Luxury in PL never played ZvPs in PL or ever proved himself in the mu this season/ the one before it. + he just lost recently to Bisu 0-2, the only thing Luxury was good at ZvP was making a shitload of hydra and winning in the midgame
On October 30 2009 18:51 Itachii wrote: Is this the same Luxury from PL?
The Luxury in PL never played ZvPs in PL or ever proved himself in the mu this season/ the one before it. + he just lost recently to Bisu 0-2, the only thing Luxury was good at ZvP was making a shitload of hydra and winning in the midgame
I don't think he was even good at that, it was pretty much some kind of all of early attack every game.
The ones where it got to early midgame was just that the previous attack didn't kill the opponent but dealt enough damage to cripple them anyway.
On October 30 2009 18:51 Itachii wrote: Is this the same Luxury from PL?
The Luxury in PL never played ZvPs in PL or ever proved himself in the mu this season/ the one before it. + he just lost recently to Bisu 0-2, the only thing Luxury was good at ZvP was making a shitload of hydra and winning in the midgame
I meant his overall play rather than his ZvP.. you just don't usually play that badly when you are 5-1 in PL.
On October 30 2009 18:55 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote: I don't think he was even good at that, it was pretty much some kind of all of early attack every game.
The ones where it got to early midgame was just that the previous attack didn't kill the opponent but dealt enough damage to cripple them anyway.
On October 30 2009 18:51 Itachii wrote: Is this the same Luxury from PL?
The Luxury in PL never played ZvPs in PL or ever proved himself in the mu this season/ the one before it. + he just lost recently to Bisu 0-2, the only thing Luxury was good at ZvP was making a shitload of hydra and winning in the midgame
I meant his overall play rather than his ZvP.. you just don't usually play that badly when you are 5-1 in PL.
His ZvP has pretty much always been this bad. Even he knows it, which is why he pretty much never attempts to go for a long game in zvp.
On October 30 2009 18:51 Itachii wrote: Is this the same Luxury from PL?
The Luxury in PL never played ZvPs in PL or ever proved himself in the mu this season/ the one before it. + he just lost recently to Bisu 0-2, the only thing Luxury was good at ZvP was making a shitload of hydra and winning in the midgame
I meant his overall play rather than his ZvP.. you just don't usually play that badly when you are 5-1 in PL.
Just because he can do well against Zergs and Terrans.does not mean he can do well against Protoss. A few progamers seem to turn really retarded when the play certain races: you can really see this with Hyuk against Terran and the Firebathero against Protoss.
On October 30 2009 18:51 Itachii wrote: Is this the same Luxury from PL?
The Luxury in PL never played ZvPs in PL or ever proved himself in the mu this season/ the one before it. + he just lost recently to Bisu 0-2, the only thing Luxury was good at ZvP was making a shitload of hydra and winning in the midgame
I meant his overall play rather than his ZvP.. you just don't usually play that badly when you are 5-1 in PL.
Just because he can do well against Zergs and Terrans.does not mean he can do well against Protoss. A few progamers seem to turn really retarded when the play certain races: you can really see this with Hyuk against Terran and the Firebathero against Protoss.
And someone types ppp.
Luxury is not THAT bad at ZvP. Comparing it to FBH v Protoss??? -_-;;;;;;;. He's almost 60% in the MU
On October 30 2009 19:05 Itachii wrote: GuemChi with no monitor, thats called being true bonjwa.
Against Lux's vP? GuemChi can deal with it for sure.
You are mixing up Lux and Yarnc. Yarnc is the one who couldnt beat Jaehoon or Snow. Luxury has very respectable ZvP, Just look at his WCG game 1 vs Bisu
During the monitor error, there was some unidentifiable problem that lead to the drop of one player. After analysis of the replay up to the point before the error, we have come to the conclusion that both players were virtually even so a rematch will start immediately.
On October 30 2009 19:05 Itachii wrote: GuemChi with no monitor, thats called being true bonjwa.
Against Lux's vP? GuemChi can deal with it for sure.
You are mixing up Lux and Yarnc. Yarnc is the one who couldnt beat Jaehoon or Snow. Luxury has very respectable ZvP, Just look at his WCG game 1 vs Bisu
The game where he went allinish lings followed by mutas that caught bisu offguard, and then still lost the game.
Or the one where he got totally dismantled trying to play straight up?
On October 30 2009 19:05 Itachii wrote: GuemChi with no monitor, thats called being true bonjwa.
Against Lux's vP? GuemChi can deal with it for sure.
You are mixing up Lux and Yarnc. Yarnc is the one who couldnt beat Jaehoon or Snow. Luxury has very respectable ZvP, Just look at his WCG game 1 vs Bisu
The game where he went allinish lings followed by mutas that caught bisu offguard, and then still lost the game.
Or the one where he got totally dismantled trying to play straight up?
On October 30 2009 18:51 Itachii wrote: Is this the same Luxury from PL?
The Luxury in PL never played ZvPs in PL or ever proved himself in the mu this season/ the one before it. + he just lost recently to Bisu 0-2, the only thing Luxury was good at ZvP was making a shitload of hydra and winning in the midgame
I meant his overall play rather than his ZvP.. you just don't usually play that badly when you are 5-1 in PL.
Just because he can do well against Zergs and Terrans.does not mean he can do well against Protoss. A few progamers seem to turn really retarded when the play certain races: you can really see this with Hyuk against Terran and the Firebathero against Protoss.
And someone types ppp.
Luxury is not THAT bad at ZvP. Comparing it to FBH v Protoss??? -_-;;;;;;;. He's almost 60% in the MU
I was simply making a statement that a player's overall good quality of play doesn't mean he won't perform particularly badly in another matchup - Firebathero was actually pretty darn good at TvZ preslump and still is pretty solid at TvT yet for some reason is horrid at TvP and Hyuk is ripping top protoss and zerg players apart this season but seems to still have trouble against terrans. He might not be bad at ZvP but he hasn't really convinced me that he can really reliably play a long game against protoss as just about all of his games against the better protoss players, such as Stork, are extremely short.
both sairs go down for Guemchi, he saw the hydras though. Guemchi placing third, DT wandering around map, gets killed, about 7 cannons come down for Guemchi, probes out to defend,
On October 30 2009 19:25 nayumi wrote: lol typical ZvP these days ...
i didnt see any mutas sniping hts and making p vulnerable to this crap loads of hydras, did you?
How about Hydras sniping HTs making the P vulnerable to the crap load of hydras that were still there? I'm thinking theme is that hydras>>>>>>>>>P without storm
On October 30 2009 19:25 nayumi wrote: lol typical ZvP these days ...
i didnt see any mutas sniping hts and making p vulnerable to this crap loads of hydras, did you?
How about Hydras sniping HTs making the P vulnerable to the crap load of hydras that were still there? I'm thinking theme is that hydras>>>>>>>>>P without storm
Guemchi should have morphed archon, guess he thought that he could hold hydras with pure cannons till storm was ready I wouldn't call that typical ZvP these days
On October 30 2009 19:25 nayumi wrote: lol typical ZvP these days ...
i didnt see any mutas sniping hts and making p vulnerable to this crap loads of hydras, did you?
How about Hydras sniping HTs making the P vulnerable to the crap load of hydras that were still there? I'm thinking theme is that hydras>>>>>>>>>P without storm
Protoss can counter mass hydras + mutalisk by going corsair/reaver.
wow fail simcity by Guemchi, mutas are out to deal with zlots though. WOW GUEMCHI FAILS. HE RUNS INTO MAIN WITH MULTIPLE OVERLORDS LINGS AND SUNKS WHILE IGNORING THE NAT WITH NOTHING
Well, if he had actually gotten to a position to mael the muta pack and use those 2 archons against them, it'd be swee-eeet. Unfortunately that ended up being just... weird!
3rd base is up for Guemchi, hes massing cannons there, triple flank makes Guemchi retreak forces, temp at 3rd is sniped, Lux is going after troops instead of teh next, bad idea, hydras get cleaned up.
Seriously instead of trying to break the nat, he should have send some hydras to snipe 3rd earlier, then just hold p on his main and nat. But i guess losing crap loads of hydras while p is teching and having eco advantage from unprotected 3rd is better.
Guemchi did a good job fencing off waves of hydras at his nats ... Lux was basically just 1a2a3a his hydras towards Guemchi's nat without even TRYING to do anything else ...
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
On October 30 2009 19:49 Liquid_Turbo wrote: Thought Guemchi was going to lose soo many times. Miraculously held that 3rd Nexus..
Lux was pretty much 1a2a3aing his hydralisks. The 3rd Nexus held because he forgot what target fire means.
When I compared Lux to FBH it was obviously an exaggeration since very few players can be worse than FBH in that matchup but you could kind of tell he doesn't really know how to templar snipe or storm dodge. Dude was losing mutalisks are hydralisks to storm like every second.
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
yeah his ZvT was the real deal, I now remember that rape series vs Flash. what was on my head was the series vs Leta when I wrote the post
On October 30 2009 19:49 Liquid_Turbo wrote: Thought Guemchi was going to lose soo many times. Miraculously held that 3rd Nexus..
Lux was pretty much 1a2a3aing his hydralisks. The 3rd Nexus held because he forgot what target fire means.
When I compared Lux to FBH it was obviously an exaggeration since very few players can be worse than FBH in that matchup but you could kind of tell he doesn't really know how to templar snipe or storm dodge. Dude was losing mutalisks are hydralisks to storm like every second.
oh come on...he was dodging storms pretty well with his hydras, more towards the end, maybe he could have done a little better but it wasnt as bad as u make it seem. the only thing (but i guess its huge) is losing 11 mutas to 1 storm...but its understandable, he went back to macro and left his mutas for 2 seconds..
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
Actually, the player who started the muta snipe trend was Yarnc =/ Close though!
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
lol it's kinda ironic for Lux to be using Hydras so much because Lux and yarnc used to criticize Silver for abusing Hydralisks in every single game and getting to finals in a gay way.
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
His ZvZ and ZvT are or were top tier.
And His ZvP while terrible skillwise, is effective.
Z v P all ins are effective like no all ins in any other matchup
They don't take an immense amount of skill(progamerwise) and can work as a safety net. So the worst a zerg can do vs a protoss is to turn the game into a gamble by going all in.
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
Actually, the player who started the muta snipe trend was Yarnc =/ Close though!
I dont recall any games early 08/late 07 where Yarnc actually used mass hydra into muta snipe to win, can you link me please to some of these games?
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
Huh? Luxury started the whole rush-every-game ZvP that's focused on ending the game before the 4th hatch(and usually even lair) went up. The guy is the polar opposite of the 3-base 5-hatch play that's currently dominating ZvP.
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
oh yeah, you're a true fan of KT
Luxury was a bought player, like alot of KT.
yeah so? he's still in KT, and he's been there for a while now. KT wouldn't be doing so hot without him, and lots of ppl are talkn crap just now that he loses against a player that was well prepared. i dont quite get it
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
oh yeah, you're a true fan of KT
Luxury was a bought player, like alot of KT.
yeah so? he's still in KT, and he's been there for a while now. KT wouldn't be doing so hot without him, and lots of ppl are talkn crap just now that he loses against a player that was well prepared. i dont quite get it
Since he joined KT, he won an MSL pretty shortly after, then slumped horribly for ages, not helping KT at all, now he's finally back to playing at least somewhat like he used to, but he can still lose to guemchi if he wants.
On October 30 2009 20:00 SilverskY wrote: The commentators are saying that the storm that Guemchi used to kill Lux's mutas killed 11 mutas with one storm... Holy shit.
On October 30 2009 19:49 Liquid_Turbo wrote: Thought Guemchi was going to lose soo many times. Miraculously held that 3rd Nexus..
Lux was pretty much 1a2a3aing his hydralisks. The 3rd Nexus held because he forgot what target fire means.
When I compared Lux to FBH it was obviously an exaggeration since very few players can be worse than FBH in that matchup but you could kind of tell he doesn't really know how to templar snipe or storm dodge. Dude was losing mutalisks are hydralisks to storm like every second.
oh come on...he was dodging storms pretty well with his hydras, more towards the end, maybe he could have done a little better but it wasnt as bad as u make it seem. the only thing (but i guess its huge) is losing 11 mutas to 1 storm...but its understandable, he went back to macro and left his mutas for 2 seconds..
Taking 70 damage on all your hydras before getting them out of the storm isnt good dodging. It might look ok since not alot of them died but the few times he did dodge his units were so weak they died in one or two hits to zlots.
On October 30 2009 20:00 SilverskY wrote: The commentators are saying that the storm that Guemchi used to kill Lux's mutas killed 11 mutas with one storm... Holy shit.
On October 30 2009 20:00 SilverskY wrote: The commentators are saying that the storm that Guemchi used to kill Lux's mutas killed 11 mutas with one storm... Holy shit.
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
Actually, the player who started the muta snipe trend was Yarnc =/ Close though!
I dont recall any games early 08/late 07 where Yarnc actually used mass hydra into muta snipe to win, can you link me please to some of these games?
Muta snipe is way more recent that early 08 =/ it's only become common place since the advent of destination
On October 30 2009 20:00 SilverskY wrote: The commentators are saying that the storm that Guemchi used to kill Lux's mutas killed 11 mutas with one storm... Holy shit.
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
Actually, the player who started the muta snipe trend was Yarnc =/ Close though!
I dont recall any games early 08/late 07 where Yarnc actually used mass hydra into muta snipe to win, can you link me please to some of these games?
Muta snipe is way more recent that early 08 =/ it's only become common place since the advent of destination
yeah, even ret wrote in his blog, that he discovered muta switch with HT snipe only after Bisu vs JD on desti
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
Actually, the player who started the muta snipe trend was Yarnc =/ Close though!
I dont recall any games early 08/late 07 where Yarnc actually used mass hydra into muta snipe to win, can you link me please to some of these games?
Muta snipe is way more recent that early 08 =/ it's only become common place since the advent of destination
Im thinking about the popularization days of Othello/Colo where JD + Lux used mass hydras with muta snipe, do you remember the JD vs Bisu game on Othello
I'm actually gonna LR for the first time in like twentytwo years.
Hwasin at 11 o clock. Guemchi at 5 o clock. Map: Eye of the storm.
Both players start out normal. Hwasin with a barracks --> marine --> factory build Guemchi with the 1gate gas --> core but with an early zealot out to harass.
Hwasin starting his 2nd fac. A good sim city at his entrance nullifies any attempt to harass with that first zealot. 4 marines in play. now 5. Can he make the timing push with cross positions? Guemchi almost sneaks a probe inside but it's stopped just before it can get inside for a good look. Guemchi now at 2 gates and goon range underway. Hwasin is moving forward - WHILE GUEMCHI PLANTS HIS NAT NEX.
Hwasin waiting for a larger force before pushing. Robo bay about halfway for Guemchi. Hwasin's moving out with 3 tanks, 5-6 marines and vultures rallied. Will have to attack up ramp though. This is it, here comes micro contest.
Guemchi does not take the fight at the ramp, but takes it at his nat choke. Pulls a lot of probes, but gets overrun. Focuses fire on vultures and mines, while tanks kill him cold. Not even a contest, Guemchi is completely run over! Good timing and strategical move by Hwasin!
On October 30 2009 20:11 Roffles wrote: Hwasin didnt even micro in that 2 fact. That BAMF basically just attack moved and Guemchi rolled over and gave up.
Well, that was rather anticlimatic, but well earned by Hwasin. He made sure that attack came completely out of the blue and Guemchi lost about two goons before he could even start to put any kind of resistance.
On October 30 2009 20:11 ZooG wrote: well executed by Hwasin! Guemchi smelled something fishy tho... it wasnt a drop
Yeah I think he pulled dragoon from that ramp to walk closer, i thought he was thinking Hwasin was going to atk from another route... it was a bad move as he gets pincered rightaway T_T not that he could've tell. He should've send some probe scouts :/
On October 30 2009 20:10 iLoveKT wrote: wow hwasin, all the games I have seen of him lately have been cheese... -.-
Why is that cheese? It's just a freakin straight up 2Fac timing attack.
Iris all in super strong 2fac attack, it is a all in according to Idra, if that attack fails you are light years behind
If you can stop the protoss expansion, but then lose your push, then you're still pretty even aren't you? If a BBS fails, you have no tech to fall back on - you're completely dead.
2fac is an aggresive, risky play - but cheese? No, it doesn't even nearly qualify. That's like saying 2hatch muta is cheese, just because it relies on halting the terran economy to be successful.
soon people will whine that putting spotters pylons is cheese get some balls fools and accept that theres something else in this game than playing so called standard all the time
On October 30 2009 20:16 iLoveKT wrote: Well maybe I define all-in as cheese. well you guys get the point, I hate cheese/all-ins. thats maybe why I love flash.
14cc, he either gets owned at the beggining or wins later! i say cheese
On October 30 2009 20:16 iLoveKT wrote: Well maybe I define all-in as cheese. well you guys get the point, I hate cheese/all-ins. thats maybe why I love flash.
yea because he can turtle good... oh god it had to be done..
Game 2 starting Map: El Niño (god I hate that name)
Guemchi at 12 o' clock Hwasin at 4 o' clock.
Pylon at 8. Depot at 9. Barracks at 11. Everything standard so far. And the commentators are still talking about Guemchi maeling his own zealots in the last game vs Luxury
edit: Guemchi going for fast nex. Looks like a 14 nex by timing. Could be earlier even. Hwasin has walled off at his ramp and has 1 scv on gas. Looks completely standard. Ballsy by Guemchi to go for early nex after last game, but seems he chose the right moment. Hwasin sees the fast and starts his own CC asap.
On October 30 2009 20:16 iLoveKT wrote: Well maybe I define all-in as cheese. well you guys get the point, I hate cheese/all-ins. thats maybe why I love flash.
14cc, he either gets owned at the beggining or wins later! i say cheese
yeah but he has done it once in his last 9000 games...
On October 30 2009 20:16 iLoveKT wrote: Well maybe I define all-in as cheese. well you guys get the point, I hate cheese/all-ins. thats maybe why I love flash.
I love Flash too, but he was a bit of a cheeser as well when he was new to the sceen. If you haven't seen it, check out Flash vs Bisu on Monty Hall. One of the best rushes ever.
On October 30 2009 20:16 iLoveKT wrote: Well maybe I define all-in as cheese. well you guys get the point, I hate cheese/all-ins. thats maybe why I love flash.
I love Flash too, but he was a bit of a cheeser as well when he was new to the sceen. If you haven't seen it, check out Flash vs Bisu on Monty Hall. One of the best rushes ever.
Is that where he goes proxy refinery-->relay chain to mine out the minerals? I saw a highlight of that game if i'm getting it right. was that the best part of it or did Bisu kinda just die when Flash broke in?
On October 30 2009 20:10 iLoveKT wrote: wow hwasin, all the games I have seen of him lately have been cheese... -.-
Why is that cheese? It's just a freakin straight up 2Fac timing attack.
Haven't you noticed the trend?
If Protoss loses to 5 Hatch Hydra with Temp Snipe it's Imba. If Protoss loses to a Hydrabreak it's Imba/Cheese. If Protoss loses to a Zerg who's doing a 3 year old build it's Imbalanced. If Protoss loses against Terra in under 18 Minutes it's cheese. If Protoss loses against Terran in an over 18 Minute game it's imba 3/3 Mech.
On October 30 2009 20:10 iLoveKT wrote: wow hwasin, all the games I have seen of him lately have been cheese... -.-
Why is that cheese? It's just a freakin straight up 2Fac timing attack.
Haven't you noticed the trend?
If Protoss loses to 5 Hatch Hydra with Temp Snipe it's Imba. If Protoss loses to a Hydrabreak it's Imba/Cheese. If Protoss loses to a Zerg who's doing a 3 year old build it's Imbalanced. If Protoss loses against Terra in under 18 Minutes it's cheese. If Protoss loses against Terran in an over 18 Minute game it's imba 3/3 Mech.
Zealot out to chase a brave marine. Tank out for hwasin to scare the zealot off. 2 gates up for guemchi, core spinning. Everything is looking calm as ever. Siege finishes for Hwasin just as Guemchi tries to put on some pressure --> FAIL!
Robo support bay done for Guemchi and shuttle is sitting pretty waiting for the VIP passenger. I'm guessing 2 zealots have been loaded inside. Starport coming from Hwasin! Can he get a wraith out in time?
On October 30 2009 Chen wrote: Is that where he goes proxy refinery-->relay chain to mine out the minerals? I saw a highlight of that game if i'm getting it right. was that the best part of it or did Bisu kinda just die when Flash broke in?
Kind of, but it's amazing nonetheless. Check it out for yourself. (Only around 4 minutes in-game and there's Klazart to boot)
Reaver done, shuttle loaded --> shuttle moving! Startport is jsut done and is blinking. Is the wraith coming out in time (nice sense by Hwasin btw to feel the reaver or did he scan it? I don't know, didn't see, but Hwasin knows!)
Shuttle/reaver lands at Hwasin's 3rd CC being built. Hwasin is gonna have to cancel that CC but the wraith is chasing the shuttle ... AND TAKES IT DOWN. Lonely little reaver is sitting pretty with 2 zealots as guard. Guemchi is moving to take it out and does it without losing a single tank. Nice one!
Guemchi has observers inside Hwasin's base everywhere. No turrets to scare em off. New shuttle is out for Guemchi and his citadel is done. Templar archives coming. No stargate though and still on 2 bases. What's his game plan?
Sci facility done for Hwasin and I was dead wrong, there's a 3rd nexus and I can't believe I missed it - I suck.
That's what happens LRing in windowed mode. Hwasin elevates units to behind Guemchi's 3rd minline. Guemchi shuttling troops over to intercept in time and does so well. Hwasin repelled!
2 shuttles int he air for Guemchi and he is moving into Hwasin sieged up! Looks like a huge failmove and it turns out to be just that! Floating buildings, planted buildings, mines turrets and a pack of 9-10 sieged tanks make that break attempt a joke. Guemchi pulls back without too heavy losses though.
Hwasin catches about 10 probes maynarding to the hidden base and kills them all! Meanwhile he dropship-unloads 2 tanks to the 8 o clock base with vultures coming in for support. Guemchi has cannons there, but they're killed quickly and the lone shuttle coming in from Guemchi wont be able to do shit. That base is gonna fall. DT is out from a gate at 8 o clock but is quickly scanned. First arbiter out though while Guemchi is starting another 4th
Hwasin has found the new attempt at 4th base (at 11 o clock) and shuts it down with dropship play, while moving out with his main force. Here comes a really big push at the same time as he unloads a tank into Guemchi's main for some minline probe sniping.
Hwasin's push is now sitting pretty not far outside Guemchi's nat and I don't see Guemchi breaking that shit in a million years. High templars out though, can he make something with it? Hwasin now leapfrogging into Guemchi's nat. There's no way Guemchi is gonna break that. A line of zealots are coming in and he recalls behind Hwasin's lines but loses the arbiter straight away. The recalled force is chipping away at depots and scvs, but Hwasin just pulls a pocket of units back and clears up. In the meantime, good macro from Guemchi has created a force strong enough to knock the main push back. Hwasin has a lot of units though and Guemchi realizes he's fucked.
On October 30 2009 20:35 RamenStyle wrote: If he adds this new TvP to his old TvZ and maybe improves just a little bit his TvT, Hwasin is looking good.
Amen, I almost feel bad about Bisu being out for the sole purpose of giving Hwasin a chance at revenge.
On October 30 2009 20:35 RamenStyle wrote: If he adds this new TvP to his old TvZ and maybe improves just a little bit his TvT, Hwasin is looking good.
Amen, I almost feel bad about Bisu being out for the sole purpose of giving Hwasin a chance at revenge.
Yeah....
And if Guemchi gets better at PvT and a little better at PvZ and a little better at PvP he might would be really good...
On October 30 2009 20:36 disciple wrote: Here's for another meaningless participation of Hwasin in the OSL
lets hope he entertains us by how bad he is, his last showing in the ro16 was the most ugly BW I have ever seen, the 2fac vs Bisu was lol + the circus show with zero
On October 30 2009 20:42 538 wrote: Hwasin vs Guemchi on Heartbreak Ridge as recommended game in OP??? (I'm not even sure which game you wanted to recommend instead:-p)
fixed by now. Still I wouldnt recommend the El Nino game either, but you know it
That was a solid game. Hwasin played some good TvP there, showing higher form then I've seen from his in that matchup yet.
On October 31 2009 06:24 okum wrote: How did Luxury manage to lose on HBR? Did he forget to build hydras and a-move?
He didn't manage to break GuemChi's natural at a critical time, lost 11 mutas to one storm, and he failed to take out the 3rd because he didn't target attack. Then he ran out of steam and GuemChi rolled him.
On October 31 2009 06:24 okum wrote: How did Luxury manage to lose on HBR? Did he forget to build hydras and a-move?
Actually that's exactly what he was doing.
Yeah, but it wasn't the same kind as your normal hydra a-move. Luxury went for a timing attack before he had full drone saturation and 3rd gas(required for easy quick muta switches) and failed to break into guemchi's base.
Luxury's propensity for rushes failed him this series. If he just sat back and waited for his proper 3 base full hydra/muta pump, he'd have taken game 3 easily.
On October 30 2009 19:50 iLoveKT wrote: I still dont get why this guy won an MSL.
dont underestimate the power of mass hydra/hydra breaks ZvP + all in backstabs ZvT + sick ass muta micro in ZvP/T. His ZvZ was the real deal too, dont forget he also won a WCG with the same stuff
Lux's ZvT and ZvZ was the real deal. His ZvP... Well... Eh, his ZvP sucked since 2007
Cmon guys, atleast Lux is so much more likable than Fake Yellow
His 08 ZvP was pretty darn good, lets not forget that he was the one who started this mass hydra into Muta snipe into GG trend, it might have not been pretty, but he was pretty good at it and had sick ass macro, I still remember him destroying Bisu in the 2008 Playoffs semis Ace match
Actually, the player who started the muta snipe trend was Yarnc =/ Close though!
I dont recall any games early 08/late 07 where Yarnc actually used mass hydra into muta snipe to win, can you link me please to some of these games?
Muta snipe is way more recent that early 08 =/ it's only become common place since the advent of destination
The first time I really remember a player doing it absolutely purposefully was that awesome Jaedong vs Bisu series where Jaedong raped Bisu on Othello with his "off tempo" mutalisks that he made specifically to snipe his hydras. Ever since that game I saw Jaedong building mutalisks to snipe templars in his ZvPs.
Strange result. I think luxury vs guemchi could go either way since luxury's zvp is not very good. I didn't expect hwasin to win, much less win 2-0. His tvp play those games were flawless. Perhaps hwasin can finally win a starleague title now.
On November 05 2009 20:54 RamenStyle wrote: I don't think Hwasin has what it takes to take a title, but if he peaks again, I think he could make it to the semis.